/sci/ - Science & Math

I fusion just a meme?

So, Americans first calculus, where they're given the formulas to plug and chug and are not told what they really mean, and then have to take analysis to learn the same shit again, only this time more rigorously? Why not just learn analysis in first place?

What are some scientifically-backed ways I can improve my social skills? Although I have a lot of confidence, and no major social anxiety issues, I am quite inexperienced socially. I don't know how to tell jokes or stories, for example. I find that most people don't particularly enjoy my company, not because I'm annoying, but because I'm dull. As a result, I have many acquaintances, but no close friends. Everybody is indifferent towards me.

How can I fix this? I need guidance from respectable sources, because this is really affecting my life. I want to be able to form close connections with people. All I know is that I need to make other people feel positive emotions when they interact with me, so that they associate me with those positive emotions and wish to come back to me. I am 18 years old, so I believe I can still learn the essential social skills that will allow me to achieve this.

>succesful people
Free will exists.
>failures
Free will don't real.